Test Questions- Review

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Test Questions- Review

• A runner is out if she passes an obstructed
  preceding runner
• True or False

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1. False

• 2. Metal cleats are permitted and must be round
  or rectangular.
• True or False

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2. False

• 3. A coach who calls time, goes out to speak with
  F6 and then replaces F1, is charged with a
  defensive conference.
• True or False

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3. False

• 4. A batter-runner who reaches first base safely
  and then overruns or overslides the base may
  always return to that base without liability to
  be put out.
• True or False

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4. False

• 5. To utilize a courtesy runner in the top of the
  first inning, the pitcher and catcher are
  identified as those players listed in the lineup
  as playing those positions both must occupy
  those positions in the bottom of the first inning
  until the first batter has completed her turn at
  bat.
• True or False

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5. False

• 6. A delayed dead-ball situation occurs when the
  umpire interferes with the catcher who is
  attempting to throw a non-batted ball.
• True or False

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6. True

• 7. The softball field includes an elevated cement
  step in front of each dugout. B1 hits a foul fly
  caught by F3 such that her right foot is on the
  ground completely in live-ball territory and her
  left foot is on the elevated cement step with
  half the foot on the step and the other half over
  live-ball territory but completely off the
  ground. What is the result of the play?

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• A. Foul ball the ball is dead B1 remains at
  bat.
• B. B1 is out on a good catch by F3 the ball is
  live and in play.
• C. B1 is out on a good catch by F3 the ball is
  dead.
• D. Foul ball the ball is live and in play B1
  remains at bat.
• E. None of the above.

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7. A - Foul ball the ball is dead B1 remains at
bat.

• All of the following are true regarding the
  catchers box, EXCEPT
• A. The catchers box is a rectangle.
• B. The catcher must be in the catchers box
  from the time the pitcher steps on the pitchers
  plate until she releases the pitch.
• C. The catchers box is 8 feet, 5 inches wide.
• D. The catchers box is 10 feet deep.
• E. The catchers box includes the area directly
  behind home plate, between the batters boxes.

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8. E. The catchers box includes the area
directly behind home plate, between the batters
boxes.

• 9. A runners base path is always defined as a
  direct line between two bases and three feet on
  either side of that line.
• True or False

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9. False

• 10. In establishing the validity of a catch, the
  fielder must only hold the ball long enough to
  prove she has control.
• True or False

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10. False

• 11. Hard and unyielding items (guards, casts,
  braces, splints, etc.) must be padded with
• One-inch-thick padding.
• A closed-cell, slow-recovery foam.
• Athletic tape.
• A gauze pad.
• A rubberized material.

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11. B- A closed-cell, slow-recovery foam.

• 12. Unadorned devices, such as bobby pins,
  barrettes and hair clips may be worn to control a
  players hair provided they do not exceed one
  inch
• True or False

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12. False

• 13. All of the following will result in a team
  warning to the head coach for submitting an
  inaccurate lineup card, EXCEPT
• Changing a players number.
• Changing a players name.
• Adding a player.
• Adding a substitute.
• Changing a players position.

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13. E - Changing a players position

• 14. F1 and F6 may switch defensive positions
  any number of times in the same half-inning.
• True or False

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14. False

• 15. A player not listed as an eligible substitute
  on the lineup card shall be prohibited from
  playing.
• True or False

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15. False

• 16. Batting out of order can be a live- or
  dead-ball appeal.
• True or False

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16. False

• 17. One base is awarded to a base runner when a
  defender fakes a tag.
• True or False

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17. False

• 18. It is obstruction if an errant throw pulls
  F3, without the ball, into the path of the
  batter-runner, and impedes her progress
• True or False

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18. True

• The runner is out and the ball is dead
  immediately in all of the following, EXCEPT
• When the runner intentionally interferes with a
  fielder or thrown ball.
• When the runner interferes with a fielder
  attempting to make an initial play on a fair
  batted ball.
• When the runner interferes with a fielder
  attempting to throw the ball.
• When a runner physically assists another runner.
• When the runner intentionally contacts a fair
  ball that an infielder has missed.

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19. D- When a runner physically assists another
runner

• The ball becomes dead in all of the following
  situations, EXCEPT
• The batter enters the batters box with an
  illegal bat.
• There is interference by a runner or retired
  runner.
• An infielder intentionally drops a fair fly ball
  with first base occupied and less than two outs.
• An illegal pitch is delivered.
• The batter-runner steps backward toward home
  plate to avoid being tagged out.

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20. D - An illegal pitch is delivered

• 21. Bats made entirely of wood are permitted and
  need not bear the ASA certification mark.
• True or False

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21. True

• All of the following result in an illegal pitch
  being declared, EXCEPT
• The catcher being outside the lines of the
  catchers box when the pitch is released.
• The pitcher deliberately dropping, rolling or
  bouncing the ball while in the pitching position
  in order to prevent the batter from striking it.
• The pitcher exceeding the 20-second timeframe to
  release the pitch.
• The pitcher making more than 1 1/2 clockwise
  revolutions of the arm in the windmill motion.
• The pitcher stepping completely outside the
  24-inch plate when delivering the pitch.

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22. C - The pitcher exceeding the 20-second
timeframe to release the pitch

• 23. If a courtesy runner fails to report, she is
  considered an illegal substitute
• True or False

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23. False

• An intentional base on balls may be requested by
  the defensive coach or catcher to award the
  batter first base without any pitches being
  thrown.
• True or False

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24. False

• 25. R1 is on first base B2 is at bat with an
  0-2 count and no outs. B2 swings at a third
  strike that is dropped by the catcher. B2 runs
  toward first base. As R1 is diving back to first
  base, B2 is hit in the back with F2s throw to
  first base and the ball goes out of play. What is
  the result of the play?
• B2 is declared out for interference R1 remains
  at first base.
• B2 is awarded second base R1 is awarded third
  base.
• B2 is declared out for interference R1 is
  awarded second base.
• B2 has struck out R1 remains at first base.
• B2 has struck out and is charged with
  interference R1 is declared out.

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25. E- B2 has struck out and is charged with
interference R1 is declared out.

• Finish
• Good Luck!!!!